Mall of Andy ([info]elph8) wrote,
@ 2005-08-31 09:47:00
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Smoke 'Em While You Got 'Em (And Before the Police Man Comes)

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Tomorrow, Hurricane Fascism will make landfall on Austin's downtown bar scene, effectively ripping its soul out and flooding it with do-gooders and ... *GASP* ... clean air. Now, I know many of you have recently quit smoking, and for that, I congratulate you. But for those of us who still smoke---me and Johnny Depp being good, and sexy, examples---the smoking ban that goes into effect tomorrow is upsetting, to say the least. Even if you're a non-smoker, you should respect just how unnecessary, unjust, and devastating this ban is. If you don't, here, let me surround you in my nicotine exhalation.

I mean, if it's good enough for Britney, it's good enough for the rest of us.

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To celebrate the last night that logic and sanity rules Austin's bar scene, please attend tonight's

SMOKE SLAM


Same slam time, same slam place (8pm at Ego's), but we'll be encouraging poems about/related to smoking. We'll be taking bets on how many cigarettes I can smoke (yes yes, I'm hosting). DJ Hot Wings (aka, Eirik Ott) will be spinning some smoke-inspired tunes. And we'll smoke until we burn down the place ... or our aveoli.

Besides ...

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[info]bajatierra
2005-08-31 02:58 pm UTC (link)
But Ego's is the one place on Earth that could really benefit from a smoking ban.

Smoke up, Bender!

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[info]elph8
2005-08-31 03:07 pm UTC (link)
We're like lepers these days, I swear. We need our colony.

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[info]ohiojake
2005-08-31 05:10 pm UTC (link)
i thought egos was our colony

non smokin hippies.. i never thought the world would come to this

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Par
[info]tonyjackson
2005-08-31 03:17 pm UTC (link)
Given the loss of life and the enduring suffering, the hurricane reference was in bad taste...wait, this is Andy's journal...never mind!

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Re: Par
[info]bajatierra
2005-08-31 03:24 pm UTC (link)
See, I didn't even touch that one.

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Re: Par
[info]elph8
2005-08-31 03:28 pm UTC (link)
A man can't even reference a fucking hurricane these days? I mean, maybe I shouldn't read my Hurricane Andrew poem anymore since Katrina seems to be have been more devastating. Jeez.

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Re: Par
[info]tonyjackson
2005-08-31 03:29 pm UTC (link)
No, you shouldn't read it because it is bad!

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Re: Par
[info]tonyjackson
2005-08-31 03:30 pm UTC (link)
Not really, I just owed you one for the "Homeless Girl" comment!

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Re: Par
[info]elph8
2005-08-31 03:31 pm UTC (link)
HARDYHAR!

We gotta play ball soon so I can crush you again.

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Re: Par
[info]tonyjackson
2005-08-31 04:24 pm UTC (link)
This took me so long to reply because I had to get back off the floor from laughing. But next time, to make it even, you can give me MJC and I will let you have the 13 year kid, who kept taking him to the whole.

We should try to play on tomorrow. It's not like we can afford to miss the exercise (we'll at least I can't, you know you being the statue of a man that you are...that was so hard to type with a straight face.)

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Re: Par
[info]elph8
2005-08-31 06:28 pm UTC (link)
Tony, I know doing ANYthing with a "straight" ANYthing is tough for you.

It's one thing, btw, to get beat by a 13-year-old. It's a whole other thing to beat TO a 13-year-old.

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good riddens
[info]phoenixsinking
2005-08-31 03:37 pm UTC (link)
I don't agree with your statement of non-smokers needing to respect how "unjust" the ban is, especially when I voted for it. My favorite argument against the ban from smokers was "But if you don't like smoking just don't smoke" Uh, yeah, good advice, but if you are sitting in a room clouded with smoke you are smoking whether you want to or not.(That entire rant wasn't necessarily directed at you)

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Re: good riddens
[info]elph8
2005-08-31 06:26 pm UTC (link)
You voted for the ban? Are you f-ing kidding me?

Oh jeez, this is seriously a deal-breaker.

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Re: good riddens
[info]phoenixsinking
2005-08-31 06:45 pm UTC (link)
why wouldn't I vote for it?

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Re: good riddens
[info]elph8
2005-08-31 06:46 pm UTC (link)
Because it's wrong? And silly? And harmful?

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Re: good riddens
[info]phoenixsinking
2005-08-31 06:50 pm UTC (link)
not a single one of those is a good argument

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Re: good riddens
[info]elph8
2005-08-31 06:46 pm UTC (link)
riddance

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Re: good riddens
[info]phoenixsinking
2005-08-31 06:49 pm UTC (link)
yes, I know I can't spell, read or write. But I can vote in the year 2005.

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burn one down
[info]yisbeltit
2005-08-31 04:04 pm UTC (link)
Ben Harper sings the best sone... it may not be about ciggs ... but you must play it..
just wanted to say hi... in china at acupuncture school... will be visiting the slam next time im in town..
Libby

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Re: burn one down
[info]elph8
2005-08-31 06:27 pm UTC (link)
You went to China for acupuncture school? You know they have those here, in the states, right?

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[info]modmoda
2005-08-31 04:48 pm UTC (link)
I will for sure not be there tonight because I can't get one breathe of fresh air in Ego's. But, starting next week it will be a pleasure to come every Wed. to the slam.

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[info]elph8
2005-08-31 06:26 pm UTC (link)
Don't bother! We don't want your kind there!

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I believe
[info]violetdusk
2005-08-31 08:06 pm UTC (link)
It is the business owner's right to choose what type of establishment he/she offers their guests. Damn shame the government doesn't agree.

Smoke one for me, Andy =)

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Re: I believe
[info]elph8
2005-08-31 08:30 pm UTC (link)
I'll smoke two.

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